Ron Paul on Chris Kyle: ‘He who lives by the sword dies by the sword’

As a congressman, Ron Paul wrote a weekly column entitled “Texas Straight Talk.” Agree with him or not, he told you what he thinks.

Now that he’s retired from Congress, why should we expect the 76-year-old doctor to change his ways?

Chris Kyle (AP Photo)

The latest controversy that Paul inserted himself into is the shooting death of Texas author and former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. Kyle, 38, and a friend were killed at a North Texas shooting range Saturday by an acquaintance — a military reservist allegedly being treated for Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome.

In a tweet to his followers today, Paul wrote that “Chris Kyle’s death seems to confirm that ‘he who lives by the sword dies by the sword.’ Treating PTSD at a firing range doesn’t make sense.”

Kyle was known as “America’s Deadliest Sniper” and received multiple medals for heroism and bravery.

Paul is a strong critic of the interventionist foreign policy of the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations. He opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq and has criticized the decade-long military presence in Afghanistan.

Even as Paul was tweeting about Kyle, the Texas state Senate today paused for a moment of silence in memory of Kyle. As we reported here earlier, a group of current Texas congressmen expressed their regrets and called Kyle “an American hero.”